Former Angels first baseman Casey Kotchman might be resurrecting his career in Tampa this year after bouncing from Anaheim to Atlanta to Boston to Seattle to Tampa in the past two years.

Kotchman signed a minor-league contract with the Rays and went to spring training as a non-roster invitee. When Dan Johnson flopped as the Rays’ every-day first baseman (a .129 average and one home run) and Manny Ramirez skipped town one step ahead of the PED posse, an opportunity arose for Kotchman.

He has taken advantage of it, batting .360 in his first 27 games for the Rays. And one reason might be a procedure Kotchman underwent last fall to clear up a bacterial infection in his eyes. St. Pete Times reporter Rick Stroud has the story on Kotchman here.